Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 7 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing Azure 727 462 751
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 11.10% 13.71% 11.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.14% 51.91% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 388 345 661
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,375 £72,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,450 890 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 22.13% 26.40% 26.00%
Number of salaries quoted 873 644 1,438
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,988 £78,925 £75,225
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 5 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +2 174 £40,000 -11.11% 34
Hertfordshire -1 173 £60,000 +9.09% 64
Cambridgeshire -2 155 £53,000 +11.58% 43
Suffolk +34 102 £46,370 -7.26% 14
Norfolk +2 89 £55,000 +58.20% 21
Bedfordshire 0 32 £37,500 -29.25% 23
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 88 (12.10%) SharePoint
2 40 (5.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.79%) WordPress
4 8 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.83%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 2 (0.28%) Confluence
7 2 (0.28%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 73 (10.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.83%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.24%) Dynamics AX
1 9 (1.24%) Dynamics GP
2 7 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.28%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 173 (23.80%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (18.02%) Power Platform
3 121 (16.64%) Azure AI
4 104 (14.31%) Entra ID
5 90 (12.38%) AWS
6 73 (10.04%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (6.05%) OneDrive
8 39 (5.36%) PowerApps
9 35 (4.81%) Power Automate
10 33 (4.54%) Azure Logic Apps
11 32 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
12 26 (3.58%) GitHub
13 22 (3.03%) GCP
14 20 (2.75%) SaaS
15 19 (2.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 16 (2.20%) GitHub Copilot
17 15 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 15 (2.06%) IaaS
18 14 (1.93%) Dynamics 365
19 12 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 70 (9.63%) Firewall
2 42 (5.78%) DNS
2 42 (5.78%) VPN
3 28 (3.85%) DHCP
4 22 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 17 (2.34%) WAN
6 14 (1.93%) Internet
6 14 (1.93%) LAN
7 12 (1.65%) VoIP
8 11 (1.51%) VLAN
8 11 (1.51%) Wireless
9 8 (1.10%) Network Security
10 7 (0.96%) Broadband
11 5 (0.69%) DMZ
11 5 (0.69%) MQTT
11 5 (0.69%) WLAN
12 4 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (0.41%) SSL
14 2 (0.28%) L2TP
14 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (15.96%) Power BI
2 105 (14.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 71 (9.77%) Tableau
4 58 (7.98%) MongoDB
5 30 (4.13%) Elasticsearch
5 30 (4.13%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.79%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.96%) MySQL
9 6 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.83%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.83%) Looker
9 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.55%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.41%) Metadata
11 3 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (1.93%) Git
1 14 (1.93%) JIRA
2 6 (0.83%) MLflow
3 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.41%) Selenium
5 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
6 1 (0.14%) ERwin
6 1 (0.14%) git-flow
6 1 (0.14%) JMeter
6 1 (0.14%) Postman
6 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.14%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 375 (51.58%) Social Skills
2 83 (11.42%) Finance
3 32 (4.40%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (3.03%) Law
5 18 (2.48%) Marketing
6 16 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.06%) Public Sector
8 14 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (1.79%) Legal
10 10 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.38%) Retail
11 8 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (0.83%) Advertising
12 6 (0.83%) Banking
12 6 (0.83%) Multimedia
13 4 (0.55%) Games
13 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.55%) Music Industry
13 4 (0.55%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 170 (23.38%) Analyst
2 140 (19.26%) Developer
3 133 (18.29%) Junior
4 131 (18.02%) Junior Analyst
5 84 (11.55%) IT Support
6 77 (10.59%) .NET Developer
7 70 (9.63%) Security Analyst
8 66 (9.08%) Data Analyst
8 66 (9.08%) Senior
9 64 (8.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 64 (8.80%) Junior Data Analyst
9 64 (8.80%) Junior Security Analyst
10 60 (8.25%) Ethical Hacker
11 46 (6.33%) IT Engineer
12 43 (5.91%) Support Engineer
13 37 (5.09%) Azure Engineer
14 34 (4.68%) Lead
14 34 (4.68%) Network Engineer
15 32 (4.40%) IT Support Engineer
16 31 (4.26%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (14.58%) .NET
2 95 (13.07%) .NET Core
3 75 (10.32%) ASP.NET
3 75 (10.32%) CSS
4 74 (10.18%) ASP.NET Core
5 66 (9.08%) HTML
6 41 (5.64%) RESTful
7 36 (4.95%) React
8 32 (4.40%) Entity Framework
9 31 (4.26%) ML.NET
9 31 (4.26%) Node.js
10 26 (3.58%) Blazor
11 22 (3.03%) AngularJS
11 22 (3.03%) HTML5 Canvas
11 22 (3.03%) JSON
12 20 (2.75%) Vue
13 19 (2.61%) Microsoft Graph
13 19 (2.61%) SPFx
14 18 (2.48%) ASP.NET Web API
15 15 (2.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.25%) Cyberattack
2 31 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.85%) Driving Licence
4 19 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 16 (2.20%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 12 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.10%) iPhone
9 8 (1.10%) Product Ownership
10 7 (0.96%) Clustering
10 7 (0.96%) Digital TV
10 7 (0.96%) Robotics
11 6 (0.83%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (0.83%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 6 (0.83%) PKI
11 6 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (17.74%) Windows
2 82 (11.28%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.48%) Android
3 18 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 17 (2.34%) Linux
5 11 (1.51%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.51%) Mac OS
6 10 (1.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.69%) VMS
8 4 (0.55%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (29.30%) Cybersecurity
2 184 (25.31%) AI
3 124 (17.06%) Agile
3 124 (17.06%) Mentoring
4 119 (16.37%) Business Intelligence
5 100 (13.76%) DevOps
6 79 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
6 79 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (10.32%) CI/CD
8 69 (9.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (8.39%) Machine Learning
10 60 (8.25%) Ethical Hacking
11 39 (5.36%) Computer Science
12 37 (5.09%) Roadmaps
13 36 (4.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 35 (4.81%) Project Management
14 35 (4.81%) User Experience
15 34 (4.68%) ITIL
15 34 (4.68%) Multithreading
16 33 (4.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 235 (32.32%) SQL
2 139 (19.12%) C#
3 136 (18.71%) Python
4 66 (9.08%) JavaScript
5 56 (7.70%) PowerShell
6 42 (5.78%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.44%) PHP
8 15 (2.06%) Java
9 11 (1.51%) C++
10 8 (1.10%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.69%) R
12 4 (0.55%) Bash
13 3 (0.41%) Bicep
13 3 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.41%) Ruby
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) Go
15 1 (0.14%) Rust
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 262 (36.04%) Azure Certification
2 71 (9.77%) CompTIA Security+
3 70 (9.63%) Degree
4 65 (8.94%) CompTIA CySA+
5 60 (8.25%) CEH
6 43 (5.91%) Cisco Certification
7 39 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
8 37 (5.09%) CCNA
9 35 (4.81%) Security Cleared
10 29 (3.99%) Network+ Certification
11 27 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
12 21 (2.89%) SC Cleared
13 9 (1.24%) CCNP
13 9 (1.24%) DV Cleared
14 8 (1.10%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.96%) CISSP
16 6 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
17 4 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.16%) QA
2 21 (2.89%) SLA
3 20 (2.75%) GDPR
4 16 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (1.93%) NIST
6 12 (1.65%) Data Quality
7 11 (1.51%) GRC
8 8 (1.10%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.10%) NCSC
9 7 (0.96%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.83%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.55%) PMO
13 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.14%) IFRS
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 124 (17.06%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.68%) Hyper-V
3 29 (3.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (3.03%) Docker
5 16 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.83%) vSphere
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 50 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (4.40%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.89%) Terraform
4 9 (1.24%) Ansible
5 4 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.55%) SolarWinds Orion
5 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
6 3 (0.41%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) SCCM
7 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 526 (72.35%) Microsoft
2 148 (20.36%) ForeScout
3 50 (6.88%) Cisco
4 34 (4.68%) VMware
5 27 (3.71%) Apple
6 19 (2.61%) Adobe
6 19 (2.61%) Google
7 17 (2.34%) Databricks
8 14 (1.93%) Meraki
9 13 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 11 (1.51%) SolarWinds
11 10 (1.38%) Veeam
12 9 (1.24%) Epicor
12 9 (1.24%) Facebook
12 9 (1.24%) Fortinet
13 8 (1.10%) SAP
14 6 (0.83%) Aruba
14 6 (0.83%) Cloudera
14 6 (0.83%) Dell
14 6 (0.83%) Sophos